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Hi my name is Jeannie aka Trimcookie, 55 married to my best friend, a mother of two adult sons and one adult daughter, I have 5 grandchildren 4 granddaughters and 1 grandson.

I work full time and been with the company for almost 28 years I started working outside of the home when my youngest child was 2 years old he is now 30. Our children are all living their lives and we have what is called an

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Hi my name is Jeannie aka Trimcookie, 55 married to my best friend, a mother of two adult sons and one adult daughter, I have 5 grandchildren 4 granddaughters and 1 grandson.

I work full time and been with the company for almost 28 years I started working outside of the home when my youngest child was 2 years old he is now 30. Our children are all living their lives and we have what is called an empty nest.

I have always been a morning person since having children even now when the grandchildren are sleeping over I still get up and check on them I guess some lifestyle habits never change.

I have been a working Mom for most of my children lives. I can understand how jiggling work and family life does get in the way of taking care of you. After giving birth to my youngest child, I joined a women’s gym, the only problem was I had to drive cross-town to drop the kids off at my sister house and drive to the gym near my house. At those times my husband was putting in long hours working. I had a lot to deal with trying to taking care of my family. It took over an hour getting to and from the gym that was very stressful but I did what I had to do to workout and get some down time for myself. Once my sister starts attending college, I had no babysitter and my children were too young to stay at the gym childcare center. I had to stop going to the gym to working out. I would always tell myself I will workout tomorrow and tomorrow never came but the body weight did.

My Beach Body journey started with Slim n Six in September of 2004. I weighted close to 180 and at 5’1 I was not a pretty picture I can tell you.

In July 2004 I started menopause and along with it, the weight gain. I took a lot of over the counter and so call natural products for weight lost but nothing seem to help keep my weight down. I was in menopause, having mood swings, headaches, not sleeping well, and craving sweets to no end. I started to accept what was happening to my body. I was getting older in menopause there was no help for me at this stage in my life trying to lose and keep the weight off was a goal of the past.

I could not pull it all together. I took so many pills to stop the headaches that my stomach was always upset. Weeks past before I finally went to see the doctor and had blood work. My blood pressure was normal but my cholesterol level was so high the doctor put me on medication. My question to the doctor was how long will I have to take the medicine the reply was for the rest of my life I did not like that answer. I did my own research and found what causes high cholesterol, headaches and not sleeping. I was doing everything wrong. Eating unhealthy, not working out and staying up late at night eating junk. I also read about the medication side effects. I was taking a low dose of cholesterol medicine and the doctor told me if the low dosage does not work, I would have to take a higher dosage.

That was my waking up call, I could not accepted taking cholesterol medicine and having headaches all the time. I was ready to claim my health. I order Slim & Six in dvd format. I had no faith in myself I kept questioning myself how do I get motivated my answer was one day at of time. I beginning my journey with Slim n Six dvds in September 2004. It took until November 2004 to get serious about claiming my health back. I joined the Slim n Six community it was a challenge going on no one wanted to gain weight during the holidays the encouragement and motivation was over the top. I started working out 6 days of week posting on the messages board and join wowy.

I was very dedicate to my workouts and lost 25lbs I weighted 153. I was so tone everyone kept asking me how much weight did you lose. A combination of both eating healthy and Slim n Six help me lose weight and inches. The inches is what made me look very small and toned. I was sleeping so much better at night, no hot flashes and the headaches was of thing of the past.

I knew the only way I could keep up with my workouts was to do them in the morning. At 4:30 EST M-F you will catch me on wowy. I keep Michi’s Ladder handy it is a great tool. I have worked out with many of Beach Body programs their dedication has kept me dedicated to my health.

I am beginning a new journey what different this time it to be a healthier me.

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